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The Value of a Life

Posted on July 31, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day     “Price is what you pay.  Value is what you get.”     –Warren Buffett For three days last week and this, TB was involved in settlement negotiations over the death of a 93 year old lady … Continue reading →

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A Political Conversation

Posted on July 26, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day      “When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.”       –Will Rogers As closely as I can recount it, here is a lunch time conversation I was involved in this week.  Enjoy. Person1–What was … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Bull Moose?

Posted on July 14, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day      “We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a … Continue reading →

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TB Doesn’t Give a Damn About Rev. Wright (and neither should you)

Posted on July 9, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day   “I’m T Boone Pickens.  I’ve been an oil man all my life.  But this is one problem we can’t drill our way out of.”     —  T. Boone Pickens, Oilman, Swift Boater I really don’t like … Continue reading →

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The Pelican Club

Posted on July 8, 2008 by travellinbaen

Obvious Choice Quote of the Day     “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.”   — Groucho I’ve never been a member of a club.  Well, I was a member of the … Continue reading →

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4th of July

Posted on July 4, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “And don’t forget what we’re celebrating….that a bunch of rich white guys didn’t want to pay their taxes.”     — approximate quote actually.  I’m too tired to look up the actual, but a … Continue reading →

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Read This Article Then My Next Post

Posted on June 30, 2008 by travellinbaen

Court is ignoring juries: Victims losing 100 percent of appeals? Is the Mississippi Supreme Court a ‘rubber stamp’ for powerful corporate entities? ALEX A. ALSTON JR. • SPECIAL TO THE CLARION-LEDGER • JUNE 29, 2008 Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice … Continue reading →

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Sometimes, I Miss Being a Kid

Posted on June 23, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:      “Though a man has a new birth at every new phase of his life it is inevitable, if the abandoned phase has been good, that he should mourn it as a dead friend.”   — … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Writers

Posted on June 23, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day       “History has remembered kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.”      — Willie Morris I had occasion to enjoy an overnight stay at the Alluvian Hotel … Continue reading →

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Things That Give Me a Charge….the lesser list

Posted on June 20, 2008 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day           “ “That,” I said to Yasmin as I polished off the last succulent lobster claw–and by the way, don’t you love it when you are able to draw the flesh of the … Continue reading →

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